The 6th NovAliX Conference "Biophysics in Drug Discovery" will take place in Cannes, France on March 20-22, 2019

October 26, 2018 - Events

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The 6th NovAliX Conference – Biophysics in Drug Discovery will take place in Cannes, France on March 20-22, 2019.

The use of biophysical methods in drug discovery is rapidly increasing and the field is in constant evolution, as documented in a recent review: “Biophysics in drug discovery: impact, challenges and opportunities.” Renaud J.P., Chung C.W., Danielson U.H., Egner U., Hennig M., Hubbard R.E. & Nar H. (2016) Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 15: 679–698. Many pharmaceutical companies have set up in-house biophysical platforms to speed up the target-to-candidate process and improve the quality of small-molecule therapeutics through a better understanding of their interactions with their targets. Academic labs involved in early-stage drug discovery also heavily rely on biophysical techniques.

The sixth edition of the conference intends again to bring together biophysicists and medicinal chemists, the synergy between their disciplines being key to deliver better drugs on a shorter timeline.